Sunday, September 21, 2014

Demand It!: Hand Of God

Amazon has a series of original shows
where they have just the pilot and you go online and vote for which
ones you want to watch as a regular series. The one I watched and
fell in love with is called Hand Of God and it stars Ron Perlman as a
corrupt ass judge named Pernell Harris. This guy is dirty as hell and
proud of it.

One day he is found bathing in a parks
lake by police. They are trying to keep the whole thing covered up
but he is clearly not handling his sons attempted suicide well. His
son witnessed his own wife being raped while he was forced to watch.
Pernell refuses to let the slow wheels of justice grind and decides
to be saved at a small church run by Paul Curtis, a washed up soap
star, played by Julian Morris. This guy is obviously dirty as well
and gladly accepts Pernell's $50,000 “donation.” He gets a visit
from Pernell's wife Crystal Harris played by Dana Delaney who grabs
his dick and threatens him. She is not fucking around and will do
whatever she needs to to make sure Pernell stays clean in the public
eye.

The sons wife Jocelyn played by Alona
Tal wants the plug pulled on her husband because he is brain dead is
forced by Pernell to watch a cops dick that Pernell thinks committed
the rape because he watched spilled wine go towards his foot. No one
else sees the wine on the floor nor did anyone see the blood pouring
from the foot of his son as he stabbed him trying to snap him out of
his coma as he was being prayed for. The shit is intense! Also
involved is a just freed prisoner that is very religious played by
Garret Dillahunt. The last scene of the episode made me scream that I
wasn't able to immediately watch more!

This show was the perfect blend of
drama, suspense, mystery, and politics. It reminded me of when Dexter
was good and what House Of Cards sounded like before I watched it.
The cast is amazing as well as the way the show looked. It has been a
while since a shows first episode got me this excited and I really
hope this gets picked up.